India is ranked 105 on FIFA’s world rankings. Last year, India was amongst the top-100 football nations in the world, but an inconsistent run cost Sunil Chhetri and Co. some crucial points. In fact, India football team head coach Igor Štimac is already feeling the heat after the team’s less than convincing start to the FIFA World Cup Qualification campaign. India lost 0-1 to Qatar in their opening WC Qualification Asia game, won 2-0 against Bangladesh and dropped two crucial points after Stimac’s men could only manage a 1-1 draw against Afghanistan.
Moreover, Belgium remains the best team as per the rankings, with France and Brazil placed at 2nd and 3rd.
Playing in the FIFA World Cup may seem unrealistic for Indian Football Team at this very moment, but there’s the belief that it could change in the near future. The level of football is always improving, with players such as Sunil Chhetri, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Sandesh Jhingan, to name a few, taking the level of play to a whole new level.
Indian Super League (ISL) is also a step in the right direction. It has replaced I-League as India’s premier domestic football competition in India. There is a genuine sense of professionalism associated with the sport now and the football market keeps growing with a better influx of income and players earning better wages than at any other point in the history of this sport.
The next edition of the Football World Cup will be held in Qatar in 2022, which will only be the second time when football’s marquee event is being held in Asia after South Korea and Japan co-hosted the tournament in 2002.
FIFA World Cup 2022 will also be the first world cup to be held during winter, i.e. in November and December. As per sources, the group stage games are scheduled to start on November 21 and will be wrapped up on December 2. Since the next edition of the world cup will be an anomaly, Europe’s domestic football season has to make some tweaks in order to complete the campaign. There will be a winter break, during November and December, when the world cup is held, while the 2022-23 season is likely to see a jump start, with July being seen as a possible date.
Arguably the showpiece event in football. The cities turn into ghost towns and the movie theatres become abandoned buildings when the FIFA World Cup is going on. It is the single most-watched event in the entire world, rivalled for viewership only by the Olympics.
The first Football World Cup was held in 1930 in Uruguay and has been a quadrennial event since then, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held due to World War II. One of the biggest features of the FIFA World Cup is that every team has to earn its place. Rankings don’t help in any way when it comes to qualification to the world cup. Only the host nation is guaranteed a spot in the marquee event. The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers began in June 2019 and are expected to finish in June 2022.
Only 8 countries have got their hands on the famous world cup trophy, and only two teams managed to win back-to-back world cups; Italy in 1934 and 1938 and Brazil in 1958 and 1962. And there has been a different football world cup winner since England’s one and only title win in 1966. France are the current world cup champions, who won their second title in 2018, by beating Croatia 4-2 in the final.
| Year | Champions |
| 1930 | Uruguay |
| 1934 | Italy |
| 1938 | Italy |
| 1950 | Uruguay |
| 1954 | Germany |
| 1958 | Brazil |
| 1962 | Brazil |
| 1966 | England |
| 1970 | Brazil |
| 1974 | Germany |
| 1978 | Argentina |
| 1982 | Italy |
| 1986 | Argentina |
| 1990 | Germany |
| 1994 | Brazil |
| 1998 | France |
| 2002 | Brazil |
| 2006 | Italy |
| 2014 | Germany |
| 2018 | France |
The ISL, since its first season in 2014, has grown by leaps and bounds. It has now supplanted the I-League as the top-tier of India’s football league system. The league is the perfect platform for young Indian players to come into the limelight.
Foreign media are also taking note of ISL’s growing reputation. Not only the foreign stars coming into India to play in the ISL, but the quality of coaches is improving as well. Last year, SC East Bengal shocked everybody by appointing Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler as their manager. It shows how far the league has come. In fact, ISL is attracting foreign investment as well. In November 2019, City Football Group, which also owns Premier League’s Manchester City amongst other football clubs around the world, became the majority stakeholder of Mumbai City, who are the reigning champions of ISL as well.
Every Indian Premier League (IPL) season offers fantasy platforms an opportunity like no other. That’s when the traffic - number of users - on fantasy cricket apps is at its peak. Indian Super League (IPL) can be seen as a football version of IPL. Since the number of users is higher during the ISL campaign, the prize pool is comparatively bigger.
But to make better teams, you must understand the game of football and how the fantasy points system works on Dream11. In any case, watching a football match and keeping the tab on ISL Live Score can help the user in making better teams.
The 2021-22 season will be the 8th season of the Indian Premier League (ISL). Mumbai City currently holds the ISL title having beaten ATK Mohun Bagan 2-1 in the championship game last season.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic forcing the matches to be played behind closed doors, the 2020-21 ISL season was still successful for a variety of reasons. Not only India’s legendary football clubs, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal made their much-awaited entry into the ISL, the TRPs also sky-rocketed, highlighting the fact once again that ISL is growing at a good rate.
Fans are already waiting for the start of the 2021-22 ISL season which is going to be bigger and better.
All India Football Federation (AIFF) is going to make some changes to ISL. One big change is that each team will be playing a minimum of 27 games in order to qualify for the AFC Champions League.
In addition, the AIFF has also decreased the number of foreign players in the playing 11 from 5 to 4, which will help the growth of Indian players.
Here Is ISL 2021-22 Tentative Schedule:
Mumbai City and ATK Mohun Bagan finished the 2020-21 ISL regular season with an identical 40-point record, while NorthEast United (33 points) and FC Goa (31 points) finished 3rd and 4th and qualified for the playoffs.
Mumbai City had to ride the luck in the semis, as they negotiated a heart-wrenching penalty shootout, which they won 6-5, while Mohun Bagan won 3-2 on aggregate against NorthEast United in the other semifinal to set up the final match against Mumbai. ATK were the defending champions going into the final, but Mumbai won the championship game 2-1 to win their first league title. Here is ISL 2020-21 Regular Season Points Table:
| Position | Teams |
| 01 | Mumbai City |
| 02 | ATK Mohun Bagan |
| 03 | NorthEast United |
| 04 | FC Goa |
| 05 | Hyderabad |
| 06 | Jamshedpur |
| 07 | Bengaluru |
| 08 | Chennaiyin |
| 09 | East Bengal |
| 10 | Kerala Blasters |
| 11 | Odisha |
Europe’s premier club football competition. The UEFA Champions League is the dream of every club and player and only a few select get to play in it. It is run by UEFA and runs from August, including qualifiers, till May next year.
A normal football league season in Europe generally starts in August and ends with the UEFA Champions League game at the end of May. But the game never sleeps or rests. International football takes over club football during summer and winter break. So irrespective of where the domestic season is on or not, the football matches are always happening all around the world.
That said, some football fixtures are special. They hog more limelight than any other football match in the entire world.
Take, for example, the UEFA Champions League final game, which is reportedly the most-watched football event, attracting more than 500 million viewership every year. Football derbies are also the highlight of a season.
SonyLiv and Ten Sports Network has the official rights to broadcast Champions League Live fixtures in India.
Recently Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola weighed in on the comparison between and La Liga. He opined that Spain’s football league can take a cue or two from how the Premier League is run in England. It came as no surprise that Guardiola praised the Premier League, despite managing his home town club Barcelona and winning every piece of silverware there. Because the Premier League has so many high standards that it has become a pendant of success. The league rakes in billions every season, and clubs playing in the league now having the financial muscle to take on some of the biggest clubs in Europe, like Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid.
The next Premier League Live campaign will kick-off with the game between newly-promoted Brentford and three-time champions Arsenal on Friday, 13 August and will conclude on May 22, 2022.
Here is the list of clubs competing in the Premier League 2021-22 campaign:
| Team | 2020-21 Season Premier League Standings |
| Arsenal | 8 |
| Aston Villa | 11 |
| Brentford | Promoted |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 |
| Burnley | 17 |
| Chelsea | 4 |
| Crystal Palace | 14 |
| Everton | 10 |
| Leeds United | 9 |
| Leicester City | 5 |
| Liverpool | 3 |
| Manchester City | Champion |
| Manchester United | 2 |
| Newcastle United | 12 |
| Norwich City | Promoted |
| Southampton | 15 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 7 |
| Watford | Promoted |
| West Ham United | 16 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 |
Dream11 may have carved out a big space in the Indian fantasy sports market, but the Fantasy Premier League remains a fan favourite. It is the Premier League’s official fantasy game and is far bigger and requires more skills to compete. Dream11 has some limitations when it comes to playing fantasy football, but the Fantasy Premier League is just like managing a whole league with you as the master of it.
the leagues and different competitions across the world.
Players can also compete in the private league against their friends and colleagues.
Football clubs do business during two transfer windows; i.e the summer window which runs from June 1 to August 21 and the winter window which opens on 1st January and closes on January 31. Football clubs in Europe can buy or sell players during that window. But the clubs are given special leverages to buy players during special circumstances.
In addition, besides covering Fantasy football, we are also covering football news on our platform India Fantasy. It’s important to know all about the players before making a fantasy football or Dream11 prediction or on any other fantasy football app/website. Better be prepared rather than tossing your money on luck. You are already ahead of the queue when you know team news or how a particular team may line up in a game. Getting to know the possible tactics of a team beforehand increases your chances of winning the real amount of fantasy football platforms.
In addition, we also cover the Live Football streaming information, football starting lineup, football injury news on India Fantasy.
A football news section can have the following major points.
Spain’s premier football competition. It is home to two of the best and the most followed football clubs in the world, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Atletico Madrid took the title away from their city rivals Real Madrid and won the 2020-21 La Liga title.
La Liga Live is all about the live football matches of Spain’s football matches. Dream11 list almost all the matches involving Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, but the listing also depends on the timings of the games as well as an early kick-off gets good traction on fantasy football matches on Dream11. The next season of La Liga will begin on 13 August 2021 and will conclude on 22 May 2022.
| Date (subject to change) | Fixture |
| August 15, 2021 | Alaves vs Real Madrid |
| August 15, 2021 | Barcelona vs Real Sociedad |
| August 15, 2021 | Celta Vigo vs Atletico |
| August 15, 2021 | Mallorca vs Real Betis |
| August 15, 2021 | Cadiz vs Levante |
| August 15, 2021 | Osasuna vs Espanyol |
| August 15, 2021 | Valencia vs Getafe |
| August 15, 2021 | Villarreal vs Granada |
| August 15, 2021 | Elche vs Athletic Club |
20 teams fight for the La Liga glory every season and only one gets to touch the title at the end of the campaign. As mentioned above, Atletico Madrid fought off the challenge from both Real Madrid and Barcelona to win the bragging rights last season.
in a season, at home and once in an away game, which amounts to 38 games for one team. A team earns 3 points for a win, and one point is awarded to both teams in case of a draw. The team with the most points at the end of the season is given the title. If the teams are locked on points at the end of the campaign, the team with the better head-to-head record wins the title.
La Liga point table in 2020-21
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 01 | Atletico Madrid | 86 |
| 02 | Real Madrid | 84 |
| 03 | Barcelona | 79 |
| 04 | Sevilla | 77 |
| 05 | Real Sociedad | 62 |
| 06 | Real Betis | 61 |
| 07 | Villarreal | 58 |
| 08 | Celta Vigo | 53 |
| 09 | Granada | 46 |
| 10 | Athletico Bilbao | 46 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 44 |
| 12 | Cadiz | 44 |
| 13 | Valencia | 43 |
| 14 | Levante | 41 |
| 15 | Alaves | 38 |
| 16 | Getafe | 38 |
| 17 | Elche | 36 |
| 18 | Huesca | 34 |
| 19 | Valladolid | 31 |
| 20 | Eibar | 30 |
Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player with the most goals at the end of a La Liga campaign. Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi shrugged off the challenge from Villarreal’s Gerard Moreno, Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema and former teammate Luis Suarez, who helped Atletico win the La Liga 2020-21 title, to win his record 8th Pichichi Trophy after scoring 30 goals in 35 games. Even staggering was the fact that Antoine Griezmann was at a distant second for Barca with 13 goals, in a season that was labelled as one of the worst for Messi.
Former Liverpool player, Iago Aspas topped the assists charts in La Liga last season. The 33-year-old dished out 13 assists for Celta Vigo last season.
Here is La Liga Top Scorers List For 2020-21 Season:
| Player | Goals |
| Lionel Messi | 30 |
| Gerard Moreno | 23 |
| Karim Benzema | 23 |
| Luis Suarez | 21 |
| Yousseff en-Nesyri | 18 |
| Alexander Isak | 17 |
| Iago Aspas | 14 |
| Rafael Mir Vicente | 13 |
| Jose Luis Morales | 13 |
| Antoine Griezmann | 13 |
| Enrique Garcia Martinez | 12 |
| Santiago Mina Lorenzo | 12 |
| Roger Marti | 12 |
| Marcos Llorente | 12 |
Serie A is amongst the elite football leagues in Europe and is home to some big football clubs. Juventus is a club of the highest pedigree with players from all around the world wanting to don the famous white and black stripe shirt. The Milan clubs, Inter Milan and AC Milan need no introduction at all. Their rivalry goes beyond the city and reaches the far corners of the planet football. Napoli and AS Roma are also known for their staunch fan base and are always amongst the contenders.Serie A Live action can be watched in India on SonyLiv and across the TenSports network.
The Serie A 2020-21 campaign kept fans on their toes right from the first week to the last minute of the season. Juventus were the odds-on favourite to win their record-extending and 10th straight Scudetto, but Antoine Conte and Inter Milan had other ideas. The Nerazzurri won their first league title since the era of Jose Mourinho and ended Juve’s domestic dominance.
On the goal-scoring front, Cristiano Ronaldo defied age and continued to score for fun. The former Real Madrid striker led the scoring charts with 29 goals, while Inter Milan’s Romelu Lukaku was the second-highest scorer with 24 strikes.
Here is the list of Serie A Top Scorers:
| Player | Goals |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 29 |
| Romelu Lukaku | 24 |
| Luis Muriel | 22 |
| Dusan Vlahovic | 21 |
| Ciro Immobile | 20 |
Cities in Europe are not as crowded as in India, but still, some cities have 3-4 football clubs, and every one of them fills the stadium every matchday. You can sense how fanatic people are over in Europe and also in South America about football. And yet, not everyone can boast about watching Live Football in a stadium. Tickets are always in a short supply.
Catching Live Football Action can be a lifetime experience for any fan. It’s true for the Indian football team as well. Imagine watching Sunil Chhetri scoring goals at the packed Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Wouldn’t that be a sight? Indeed it would be.
At India Fantasy, we cover every football game listed on Dream11 and other fantasy football platforms. Besides covering every bit of piece concerning that particular game, we also give information about the channels showing the live football action, or which digital platform has the exclusive rights to broadcast that particular match in the Indian region.
International football takes over club football during summer and winter break. So irrespective of where the domestic season is on or not, the football matches are always happening all around the world..
That said, some football fixtures are special. They hog more limelight than any other football match in the entire world. Take, for example, the UEFA Champions Leaguefinal game, which is reportedly the most-watched football event, attracting more than 500 million viewership every year. Football derbies are also the highlight of a season.
Here are the 10 biggest football matches played every year.
| Fixture Name | Team | Competition/League | Country |
| UCL FInal | Final 2 | FIFA World Cup | World |
| FIFA World Cup Final | Final 2 | Champions League | Europe |
| EL Clasico | Barcelona vs Real Madrid | La Liga | Spain |
| North-West Derby | Liverpool vs Manchester United | Premier League | England |
| Milan Derby | Inter Milan vs AC Milan | Serie A | Italy |
| Der Klassiker | Bayern vs Dortmund | Bundesliga | Germany |
| North-London Derby | Arsenal vs Tottenham | Premier League | England |
| Manchester Derby | Manchester Utd vs Manchester City | Premier League | England |
| Madrid Derby | Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid | La Liga | Spain |
| Derby d’Italia | Inter Milan vs Juventus | Serie A | Italy |
In India, any game between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal is like a festival in the city of Kolkata. Fans throng the stadium and make the noise bigger than any cricket match involving the Indian team. Now since the two teams are plying their trades in the ISL, you can expect the intensity level to go even higher when ATK Mohun Bagan and East Bengal run into each other.
Telegram has emerged as a highly secured messaging tool and now boasts a user-base in billions. From individuals using it to send an instant message to their friends and family members to big companies using it to advertise their products, this cloud-based software is used by one and all. No doubt, Telegram is also used by fantasy sports players to get instant notifications about the team news, playing 11 and everything else related to fantasy football.
With more than 20 thousand active users, India Fantasy’s Football Dream11 Telegram channel is also one of the most followed accounts. On our Football Dream11 Telegram channel, users can expect to get instant notification of a match listed on Dream11, like team news, playing 11 and the best combination of players for your Dream11 fantasy football teams.
On our Football Dream11 Telegram channel, users can expect to get instant notification of a match listed on Dream11, like team news, playing 11 and the best combination of players for your Dream11 fantasy football teams.
List of sections of what we cover on our Football Dream11 Telegram Channel
| Number | Section |
| 01 | Dream11 Football Tips |
| 02 | Dream11 Football News |
| 03 | Dream11 Football Playing 11 |
| 04 | Dream11 Football Teams |
| 05 | Live Football Streaming News |
| 06 | Dream11 Football Match Preview |
India Fantasy was created for the sole purpose of covering every bit of piece regarding every single match listed on Dream11. You can be sure of getting the best in the business Dream11 preview on our India Fantasy platform.
Want to know how to win big in fantasy football on Dream11? We, at India Fantasy, make sure you get timely news and match information even before the playing 11s are announced. And if there is an anomaly in terms of our selection, meaning, if a player is not in playing 11, we tune our Dream11 fantasy football teams accordingly.
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